2 Kings 25:8

8 aIn the fifth month, on bthe seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of BabylonNebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

Zechariah 7:3-5

3 csaying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and dthe prophets, “Should I weep and eabstain in fthe fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

4Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: 5Say to all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in gthe fifth month and in hthe seventh, for these iseventy years, jwas it kfor me that you fasted?

Zechariah 8:19

19Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the lfourth month and the fast of the mfifth and the fast of the nseventh and the fast of the otenth shall be to the house of Judah pseasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love qtruth and peace.

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